Manuel,
In RPM the only restriction on 'version' is that it must be made of
alphanumeric or period. Ref:
http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/s1-rpm-inside-tags.html
Just for a small test I ran a perfectly legal version pattern, that is
allowable in distros other than Fedora, through your patch logic.
version = A2
release = 0_rc1
version-release = A2-0_rc1 # this is what we expected to see
version-release = -0.0_rc1.A2 # this is what we get instead as strings
are modified by patch logic
This is why I suggest that you make an extension module triggered by a
commandline option so there are no restrictions or unexpected
side-effects introduced to non-Fedora distro users.
Right now, I'm a big -1 on the patch. If it would be made as an
extension triggered by commandline option then I would support it.
Regards,
Gerry
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